Electronic surveillance

Firms peddling surveillance tech to spy on public exposed in new database

Corporations that develop technology used to spy on citizens are being added to a new searchable database compiled by human rights NGO Privacy International (PI).

PI has developed the Surveillance Industry Index database in conjunction with software group Transparency Toolkit.

It contains details of more than 500 surveillance technology firms around the world and more than 1,500 brochures advertising their products.